Cisco IOS XE WebUI snortcheck.lua Authenticated Command Injection

Strike ID:
E19-7osq1
CVSS:
8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
False Positive:
f
Variants:
4
Year:
2019

Description

This strike exploits a command injection vulnerability in the WebUI component of Cisco IOS XE. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied 'snortcheck.lua' form data via the WebUI. A user with low privilege access can exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the target server. Successful exploitation results in execution of Cisco console commands with administrative privileges.

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